Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D, N.Y.) spoke from the Senate floor a day after he said Democrats were prepared to shut down the federal government. Photo: Kayla Bartkowski/ WASHINGTON—Senate Democrats took the threat of a government shutdown off the table,

Schumer said he would help advance a GOP spending bill because a shutdown "has consequences for America that are much, much worse."

Government shutdown deadlines — and even full-on shutdowns — aren’t new for Washington, but this time, with federal funding set to run out Saturday after midnight, no one knows quite what to expect.

A federal judge ordered Elon Musk and DOGE to reveal its plans to downsize the government and to identify all its employees, among other actions.